Meaning of "dries" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DRIES

dries

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRIES

Dries is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dries in English.

WHAT DOES DRIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wets and dries

During the 1980s, members of the Conservative Party in Britain who opposed some of the more hard-line policies of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher were often referred to by their opponents as "wets". Mrs Thatcher coined the usage in 1979–80, with the meaning of feeble, lacking hardness, or willing to compromise with Labour. The label was especially applied to senior members of the government who were nevertheless outside Thatcher's inner circle and who expressed opposition to her strict monetarist policies designed to tackle inflation and her cuts to public spending. Young identifies the most important "inner" wets as Jim Prior, Peter Walker, and Sir Ian Gilmour, as well as Lord Carrington and Norman St John Stevas. The "outer" wets were more fragmented and less visible. They included Francis Pym, Michael Heseltine, and Lord Hailsham. Gilmour was the most outspoken, delivering a lecture at Cambridge in February 1980 where he argued: "In the Conservative view, economic liberalism à la Professor Hayek, because of its starkness and its failure to create a sense of community, is not a safeguard of political freedom but a threat to it.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRIES

PRESENT

Present

I drie

you drie

he/she/it dries

we drie

you drie

they drie

Present continuous

I am drying

you are drying

he/she/it is drying

we are drying

you are drying

they are drying

Present perfect

I have dried

you have dried

he/she/it has dried

we have dried

you have dried

they have dried

Present perfect continuous

I have been drying

you have been drying

he/she/it has been drying

we have been drying

you have been drying

they have been drying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I dried

you dried

he/she/it dried

we dried

you dried

they dried

Past continuous

I was drying

you were drying

he/she/it was drying

we were drying

you were drying

they were drying

Past perfect

I had dried

you had dried

he/she/it had dried

we had dried

you had dried

they had dried

Past perfect continuous

I had been drying

you had been drying

he/she/it had been drying

we had been drying

you had been drying

they had been drying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will drie

you will drie

he/she/it will drie

we will drie

you will drie

they will drie

Future continuous

I will be drying

you will be drying

he/she/it will be drying

we will be drying

you will be drying

they will be drying

Future perfect

I will have dried

you will have dried

he/she/it will have dried

we will have dried

you will have dried

they will have dried

Future perfect continuous

I will have been drying

you will have been drying

he/she/it will have been drying

we will have been drying

you will have been drying

they will have been drying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dries

you would dries

he/she/it would dries

we would dries

you would dries

they would dries

Conditional continuous

I would be drying

you would be drying

he/she/it would be drying

we would be drying

you would be drying

they would be drying

Conditional perfect

I would have dries

you would have dries

he/she/it would have dries

we would have dries

you would have dries

they would have dries

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been drying

you would have been drying

he/she/it would have been drying

we would have been drying

you would have been drying

they would have been drying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you drie
we let´s drie
you drie

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to drie

Past participle

dried

Present Participle

drying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DRIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dries» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dries

abstinent · alcohol-free · arid · bake · bare · basic · bone dry · boring · brittle · clean · cold · commonplace · cool · crisp · crispy · cutting · cynical · deadpan · dehumidify · dehydrate · dehydrated · desiccate · desiccated · drain · dreary · dried · dried out · dried-up · droll · dull · hard · ho-hum · humdrum · impassive · ironical · juiceless · keen · low-key · mind-numbing · moistureless · monotonous · old · on the wagon · parch · parched · phlegmatic · plain · prohibitionist · pure · rainless · run-of-the-mill · sapless · sarcastic · sardonic · scorched · sear · sharp · shrivelled · simple · sly · stale · stark · tedious · teetotal · thirsty · tiresome · torrid · undemonstrative · unembellished · unemotional · unexcitable · unfeeling · unimaginative · uninteresting · waterless · wipe · withered

TRANSLATION OF DRIES

Find out the translation of dries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dries» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 烘
• Translator English - Spanish: seca
• English: dries
• Translator English - Hindi: सूख जाता है
• Translator English - Arabic: يجف
• Translator English - Russian: сохнет
• Translator English - Portuguese: seca
• Translator English - Bengali: Dries
• Translator English - French: sèche
• Translator English - Malay: Kering
• Translator English - German: trocknet
• Translator English - Japanese: 乾く
• Translator English - Korean: 마를
• Translator English - Javanese: Dries
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khô
• Translator English - Tamil: விடுகின்றது
• Translator English - Marathi: Dries
• Translator English - Turkish: kurur
• Translator English - Italian: asciuga
• Translator English - Polish: wysycha
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сохне
• Translator English - Romanian: Dries
• Translator English - Greek: στεγνώνει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Dries
• Translator English - Swedish: torkar
• Translator English - Norwegian: tørker

9 QUOTES WITH «DRIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dries.

1

Nolan Bushnell

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

2

George Catlin

An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.

3

Howard Finster

You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.

4

Susan Hampshire

Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

5

P. D. James

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

6

Patti Page

Your voice dries up if you don't use it.

7

Jared Polis

When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.

8

Samuel Richardson

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

9

Raquel Welch

I inherited good skin from my mother, and I stay away from soap, which dries it out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRIES»

Discover the use of dries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tame Topology and O-minimal Structures

The remarkable combinatorial property of o-minimal structures, the Vapnik-Chervonenkis property, is also covered. This book should be of interest to model theorists, analytic geometers and topologists.

Lou Van den Dries, 1998

Dries: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases

This is the death of the earth.ndash;T. S. EliotAny party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.ndash;Dwight Morrow Use in Literature DriesThe upper layer is separated and dried with ...

‎2008

Dries Van Noten: Shape, Print and Fabric

In the funky yet elegant, wild yet wearable eclectic collections of this Belgian designer, East meets West, masculine meets feminine, and color, pattern, and layering are used to supreme effect.

Andrew Tucker, 1999

When Your Brook Dries Up...What's Next?

Use this book as your stepping-stone to personal development and business success. David Mastrangelo is a million dollar earner in the network marketing industry.

David Mastrangelo, 2009

Sea Never Dries

"Nature can never be understood, unless nature explains itself.

John Coomson, 2012

In Her Shoes: Step by Step

Madonna Dries Christensen's poignant memoir, In Her Shoes, is a superb model for the preservation of personal family memories. Anyone who wishes to record his or her own family history should read this book first.

Madonna Dries Christensen, 2012

The Fallen Boys

The road to forgiveness is covered in blood!

Aaron Dries, 2012

When the Brook Dries Up: Inspiration & Hope for Facing ...

When the Brook Dries Up offers no easy platitudes. It invites you on a journey to a place called Zarephath. On this journey you will meet a prophet, a widow woman, a bewildered dad, a divorcee, a dejected executive, and a woman whose ...

Blondina Howes Jeffrey, 2013

Relations That Suck: The Story of Eva and Dries

Ъ-ЪА • ¿Dries had a sfioft. attention span though. 3-Ce never stayed. LI}ie rest of the night she and the spuier exchanged stones. 'Ihey had Both seen and done many tilings. \Eva settled in t, atx because of its mild с !

Marilyn Yu, 2009

The Stream Never Dries Up

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Chike Momah, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dries is used in the context of the following news items.

Infra companies face tough time as cash flow dries up

Global bank UBS has flagged the falling financial metrics of the Jaypee, Essar, GMR, GVK, Lanco and Abhijeet business groups and said ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

Euro Closed Loop on brink of closure as rHDPE demand dries out

Euro Closed Loop on brink of closure as rHDPE demand dries out. Euro Closed Loop Recycling is on the verge of closure, owner Euro Capital ... «Packaging News, Jul 15»

Dries Van Noten on Cultural Appropriation: "You Can't Just Do …

"You can't just do whatever you want," he told the publication. "When it's sacred, when it's religious, you have to be careful. It's not just an object; ... «Complex, Jul 15»

Weather dries soil across Iowa, helps crop mature

Corn grows on farmland along Edgewood Road SW between 76th Avenue SW and Wright Brothers Blvd. SW in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Jul 15»

Homebrew: Colorado birth control program dries up

Over six years, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provided women with long-acting contraceptives at little or no cost, ... «The Colorado Independent, Jul 15»

Liverpool transfers: Agent delivers Dries Merten update

Liverpool have suffered a setback in their reported pursuit of Dries Mertens after Belgium international's agent suggested that his client is ... «The Sport Review, Jul 15»

Riverside collapse warning as Chao Phraya dries out

People living along the Chao Phraya River in three provinces were today (July 6) advised to prepare for evacuation as waterside subsidence is ... «The Phuket News, Jul 15»

Goldman Sachs predicts bank profits to fall as household debt dries up

Decreasing demand among Australia's ageing Baby Boomers for mortgages and credit cards will hurt the profitability of the big four banks, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

As early stage biotech funding dries up, VCs urge caution for …

Young life science and biotech companies in Washington state don't have it easy when it comes to raising cash. At the Life Science Innovation ... «Puget Sound Business Journal, Jul 15»

Deep-well irrigation dries up kid-fishing opportunities

FISHING -- In recent weeks I've explored some of the fishing and hunting ramifications of water management in Washington, especially the ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»